Dharma bums

We left Fremont just before noon on Thursday the 11th – for lunch in Palo Alto. 

After that, 24 hours in transit (long flight to Taipai, shorter flight to Bangkok, long lines in Immigration) and finally reached our Guest House about 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. (We lost a day along the way).

 

 

 

 

 Saturday has been a rest and recuperation day.  Dharma Bernie needed to get the special treatment and went at it with gusto after

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Late in the day, I came across “Doh-doh”, who’s owner described him as a “Lady-boy” – he was cute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our second day in Bangkok we were frequently accompanied by Doug. He
came with us when we went for our rice porridge but he wouldn’t eat
any, he rounded up a beer instead. After breakfast Norm, Don and I
went back to the barbershop for our morning shave. Doug had no
interest in coming with us; he didn’t want someone else shaving him.

Later that morning, while Don and I went to the electronics market, while
Norm took Doug on a little shopping trip. Doug’s shopping
list included but was not limited to baby powder and toilet paper.
Apparently, while the Dharma bums were getting their shave, Doug had
attempted to shave himself. He obviously found the cold water shave
experience lacking, Norm found him more easily persuaded to partake
in a professional shave on the way to the department store.

We didn’t hang-out with Doug the entire day; he had his own agenda
for his trip to Thailand. But we were staying in the same guest
house so avoiding him wasn’t possible. We actually ended up
spending a rather quiet and restful afternoon and evening having
dinner and beer at the Shanti Lodge. We said farewell to Joy
a woman we met on our flight from San Francisco. She was on her way
to Ko Tao, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. This was the beginning
of three months of travel for her through Thailand, India, Egypt and
on to Europe. We also said our good byes to Doug that evening
because we were taking a cab to the airport at 4:30 the following
morning to fly to Phnom Penh. It was the last we would see of Doug
for the next nine days.

Stay tuned for further enlightenment. Dharma Bernie

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